{"id":22528,"date":"2026-09-03T18:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/?p=22528"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T17:25:45","slug":"herons-butterflies-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/herons-butterflies-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"Herons, butterflies &amp; bees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"22529\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/herons-butterflies-bees\/heron-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1788428109&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Heron&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Heron\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-1-768x1024.jpeg\" data-id=\"22529\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Heron sitting in willow tree winds folded open\" class=\"wp-image-22529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-1-465x620.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-1-668x891.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-1.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"22530\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/herons-butterflies-bees\/heron-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"900,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1788427433&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Heron&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Heron\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-768x1024.jpeg\" data-id=\"22530\" src=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Heron sitting on a curved branch, grooming\" class=\"wp-image-22530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-465x620.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron-668x891.jpeg 668w, https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Heron.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victoria Park, drizzle them brightened, a couple of white butterflies over the flower beds. Went to investigate. Among the bright flowers were a few thistles. A couple of bees working over the thistles ignoring the other flowers. One butterfly came off a thistle too. Not sure which type of white.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria Park, drizzle them brightened, a couple of white butterflies over the flower beds. Went to investigate. Among the bright flowers were a few thistles. A couple of bees working over the thistles ignoring the other flowers. One butterfly came off a thistle too. 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